On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote: > That's how I felt 20 years ago. But since then I've come to appreciate > they as a much better alternative to either "he or she" or "he". Just > get used to it. If anyone wants to further explore this question, the Stack Exchange on English usage is a decent place to start: http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/192/is-it-correct-to-use-their-instead-of-his-or-her What it boils down to is that "their" is the least bad of all of the available options. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan at gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia
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